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  1. 4,000-Year-Old Sumerian Port Shows the Famed Civilization Excelled at Sea Too

    ... 4000 years ago the ancient site of Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq was a thriving Sumerian port town. It was a hub where ... 4000 years ago the ancient site of Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq was a thriving Sumerian port town. It was a hub where ... and canal of the ancient Sumerian port at Abu Tbeirah, Iraq. ( Licia Romano ) Excavations also unearthed alabaster ...

    Alicia McDermott - 23/03/2018 - 21:49

  2. August 10 612 BC: Nineveh, the Largest City in the World, Fell

    ... western Asia’s Fertile Crescent, corresponding to modern Iraq, Kuwait, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and areas along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders. In 1839, Paul-Émile Botta of France excavated ... located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul in northern Iraq. This discovery in mid-19th-century Europe was truly ...

    ashley cowie - 10/08/2020 - 18:34

  3. All is not lost in ISIS’s attempt to smash the past

    ... at the ancient Assyrian cities Ninevah and Nimrud in Iraq Amy Gazin-Schwartz  / The Conversation The ... at the ancient Assyrian cities Ninevah and Nimrud in Iraq. ISIS is also believed to be selling Assyrian and other ... heritage of all of us, and of people in Syria and Iraq in particular. That is no small thing. But ...

    ancient-origins - 19/03/2015 - 23:51

  4. K-9 Artifact Finders Plan to Sniff Out Smuggled Antiquities

    ... if the dogs can detect artifacts from conflict zones in Iraq and Syria. An innovative US research program is underway ... if the dogs can detect artifacts from conflict zones in Iraq and Syria. According to The Guardian , the working dog ... Palace from 600 BC Discovered Under Demolished Shrine in Iraq All is not lost in ISIS’s attempt to smash the past A ...

    Alicia McDermott - 21/03/2018 - 21:53

  5. 3000-Year-Old Assyrian Reliefs Unearthed in ISIS Stomping Ground

    ... north of Baghdad, in the Kurdistan region in the north of Iraq . The Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project is led by ... above an ancient irrigation canal in the Faida district of Iraq's Kurdistan region. (Alberto Savioli / Land of Nineveh ... carvings unearthed in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq.    Source: Alberto Savioli / Land of Nineveh ...

    ashley cowie - 22/01/2020 - 19:05

  6. The Sumerian King List Reveals the Origin of Mesopotamian Kingship

    ... artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have ... artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have ... List is a register of the kings of Sumer (ancient southern Iraq) from Sumerian and neighboring dynasties. The list ...

    Joanna Gillan - 30/07/2022 - 02:00

  7. Drone Footage Reveals Lost Mesopotamian City Built on Marsh Islands

    ... between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in southern Iraq. Drone Based and Other Technology One of the ... state of Lagash (Tell al Hiba) northeast of Nasiriyah, Iraq. (David Stanley / CC BY 2.0 ) Raised Mounds, Surrounding ... a report on Science News . Like Lagash, Eridu in southern Iraq was once located within a lush area filled with ...

    Sahir - 15/10/2022 - 14:53

  8. Revealing the Secrets of Sumerian Riches: Treasures from the Royal Cemetery of Ur

    ... lyre, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin ... Looting, Thousands of Artifacts are still Missing from Iraq’s National Museum 2,400-Year-Old Tomb in Iraq Holds 6 Skeletons and Bronze Goods – But It Was NOT ...

    dhwty - 27/06/2018 - 22:59

  9. 3,400-Year-Old Palace From a Mysterious Civilization Revealed by Drought

    ... of a reservoir fell because of a severe drought in Iraq.  Archaeologists are hailing, as very important, the ... waters of a reservoir fell because of a severe drought in Iraq. The ruin is believed to have been built by the little ... have also helped to unearth a Bronze Age city in northern Iraq during the height of the war against the Islamic State. ...

    Ed Whelan - 28/06/2019 - 21:20

  10. The Rise and Fall of Sumer and Akkad

    ... between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern day Iraq), Sumer was often called the cradle of civilization. By ... were established in southern Babylonia, in what is now Iraq, by at least 3500 BC. The origin of the Sumerians ... lower Tigris-Euphrates Valley in what is now southeastern Iraq and date from about 3,000 BC. Writers made the symbols ...

    Bryan Hill - 08/05/2020 - 18:45

  11. Both Religion and Royalty Reigned in the Assyrian City of Assur

    ... Assur is located in the Saladin Governorate of modern day Iraq, about 280 km (174 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. ... the God Ashur (Assur) inside a winged- disc, Nimrud, Iraq. ( CC BY-SA 4.0) Excavations of the Assyrian City ... the work resumed from 1998 to 2002. The eruption of the Iraq War, and the resulting instability in the area has once ...

    dhwty - 28/08/2018 - 09:41

  12. The Zanj Rebellion, Revolt Of African Slaves Against The Abbasid Caliphate

    ... to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the West.  Tucked away ... to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the West. The rebellion ... the immediate vicinity of Baghdad. Map of the region of Iraq in the ninth–10th centuries ( Ro4444  / CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

    Jake Leigh-Howarth - 09/12/2022 - 17:30

  13. How Climate Change Caused the World’s First Ever Empire To Collapse

    ... the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from what is now southern Iraq, through to Syria and Turkey. The north-south extent of ... Important Bronze Age City of the Akkadian Empire Found in Iraq The Akkad empire during the reign of Narâm-Sîn ... the region’s dust originates in the deserts of Syria and Iraq . The Rise and Fall of Sumer and Akkad The Powerful ...

    ancient-origins - 11/01/2019 - 01:54

  14. Previously Unknown Lines to the Epic of Gilgamesh discovered in Stolen Cuneiform Tablet

    ... cuneiform text that was recently acquired by a museum in Iraq, contains 20 previously unknown lines to the epic story ... purchased in 2011 by the Sulaymaniayh Museum in Slemani, Iraq, from a known smuggler of Mesopotamian antiquities. ... artifacts that have been looted from historical sites in Iraq. While the exact provenance of the tablet is unknown, ...

    aprilholloway - 03/10/2015 - 21:47

  15. Grave concerns for 2,000-year-old Hatra temples as ISIS take control of territory

    ... now stands in territory claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) group, and UNESCO fears the ... Hatra is an ancient city in the al-Jazira region of Iraq, which lies 290 km northwest of Baghdad. It is known as ... Irina Bokova warned that the violence will see Iraq’s cultural heritage looted and destroyed - just as it ...

    aprilholloway - 28/06/2014 - 04:50

  16. Ancient Babylonian Reborn After Having Been Silenced for 2000 Years

    ... From Nippur (modern Nuffar, Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq). 1st half of the 2nd millennium BCE. Ancient Orient ... was spoken by the ancient peoples who ruled in modern-day Iraq, Dr. Worthington had no reference to gauge the accuracy ... by the king Nabopolassar. From Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period, 625-605 BC. The British Museum, ...

    ashley cowie - 29/11/2018 - 18:59

  17. Firm Evidence of Early Glass Industry in Ninth-century Palace City of Samarra

    ... 22, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE . Located in Iraq about 125km north of Baghdad, Samarra was the Abbasid ... tile from the Jawsaq al-Khaqani palace in Samarra, Iraq. Rods of blown glass fused together, ca. 836. ( Public ... Rosalind Wade Haddon. The glass walls of Samarra (Iraq): Ninth-century Abbasid glass production and imports . ...

    ancient-origins - 25/08/2018 - 01:58

  18. Babylon -a wonder of the ancient world to be resurrected once more

    ...  However, all is not lost because the government of Iraq has now reopened Babylon to the world. Visitors to the ... palace and like him, Hussein inscribed his name to glorify Iraq and himself. European archaeologists carried out ... by King Nebuchadnezzar II. After the infamous gulf war, Iraq’s dictator restarted his work on the palace for ...

    aprilholloway - 30/04/2013 - 13:53

  19. Babylon: Ancient Site, Modern Problems (Video)

    Amidst the challenges brought on by years of conflict, Iraq's historic treasures, like Babylon, are gradually ... Amidst the challenges brought on by years of conflict, Iraq's historic treasures, like Babylon , are gradually ... and natural, a toxic combination for preservation. Iraq's cultural heritage extends beyond Babylon, with other ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 16/09/2023 - 01:58

  20. Uruk: Ancient Civilization Archaeological Superstar Status

    Uruk, in southern Iraq, has reached superstar status in the realm of ... the 5,000 cuneiform tablets discovered Uruk, in southern Iraq, has reached superstar status in the realm of ... thought and writing. Please join me on our tour to Iraq to visit Mesmerizing Mesopotamia, including the ...

    micki pistorius - 08/09/2023 - 22:35

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